Agricultural risk management

Climate Change and Effect on Rice Production in Thailand

Nguyen Thi Phuong
INTRODUCTION Today, the threats and challenges of the environment operating on food production are not limited to each country or region but most often than not, manifest on a global scale. One of the major challenges of our times is climate change—the continuing increase An ADB Report in...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agricultural risk management
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Crop Insurance in Thailand

Hnin Ei Win
Introduction Although rice covered 48.70% of the total cultivable land (FAOa, 2011) in the country, the yield was low compared with other countries which occupied a small arable land for rice due to natural disasters. Furthermore, the agriculture sector only contributes 8.6% to the GDP while...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agricultural risk management
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Climate Change Impact: Vulnerability and Poverty in the Dry Zone of Myanmar

Thanda Kyi
General indicators for household vulnerability in rural area of selected dry zone Myanmar is the 58th most vulnerable country and the 2nd least ready country. The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Myanmar places it in the upper-left quadrant of the Readiness Matrix. It has...
Country: Myanmar Topic: Agricultural risk management
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Influence of Climate Change Impact on Agricultural Risks in Myanmar’s Dry Zone

Thanda Kyi
Climate change and its impact Agricultural production still largely depends on weather conditions especially the availability of rainfall. Also, usage of physical inputs such as improved seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, agricultural credit, land quality, method of cultivation,...
Country: Myanmar Topic: Agricultural risk management
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Farmers Awareness on Crop Natural Disaster Insurance and Field Cases in Korea

Chil-koo Choi, Doo-jong Hwa
ABSTRACT The survey of 611 farmers was conducted to provide insights on Korea’s crop insurance. The types of major disasters that the respondents experienced consist of typhoons, heavy rainfall, pests and diseases, etc. They were informed of crop insurance through various sources, such as...
Country: Korea Topic: Agricultural risk management
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